theodp writes "No doubt many slashdotters will nod knowingly as they read Paul Graham's The Other Half of Artists Ship, which delves into the downside of procedures developed by Big Companies to protect themselves against mistakes. Because every check you put on your programmers has a cost, Graham warns: 'And just as the greatest danger of being hard to sell to is not that you overpay but that the best suppliers won't even sell to you, the greatest danger of applying too many checks to your programmers is not that you'll make them unproductive, but that good programmers won't even want to work for you.' Sound familiar, anyone?"
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Too true. The imposition of multiple checks and checks upon checks can feel like lengths of rope wrapping around your neck. It ultimately creates a culture of paranoia where the primary goal is CYA. Productive workers can end up demoralized and miserable, or they simply head for the hills.
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Too true. The imposition of multiple checks and checks upon checks can feel like lengths of rope wrapping around your neck. It ultimately creates a culture of paranoia where the primary goal is CYA. Productive workers can end up demoralized and miserable, or they simply head for the hills.